October 2017 Auction Ends Thursday, October 26th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/26/2017
Tom Wolfe signed first edition, first printing of ''The Right Stuff''. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979, with ''First printing, 1979'' on copyright page as required. Signed ''To Steven Mitnick / Tom Wolfe'' on the title page. In this lively biography, Wolfe profiles the Mercury 7 astronauts and attempts to answer, as he put it, what ''makes a man willing to sit up on top of an enormous Roman candle...and wait for someone to light the fuse''. ''The Right Stuff'' is Wolfe's most successful book and was adapted into the Academy Award-winning 1983 film. Book measures 5.75'' x 8.5''. Light soiling to grey boards and endpapers, overall in very good condition. Dust jacket with $12.95 price intact is very good to near fine.
Tom Wolfe Signed First Printing of ''The Right Stuff'', His Landmark Book on the Mercury 7
Click above for larger image.